, but Asimov's Foundation and Robot series are excellent. Amazingly, Asimov ties these two separate stories, published over a span of decades, together in the end. It's a lot of books to read, though.
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I read a lot of Asimov along with Philip K Dick and other Sci Fi stuff back in HS (a long long time ago) and really enjoyed them. I think my favorite Sci Fi ever was Dune. Anyone who's into Sci Fi has to read it.
, As far as Stephen King, he is one hell of a character developer, but I've always been disappointed with his novels in the end. At least to me, it seems like he figures he's got to end the book somehow after he's run out of characters to devote whole chapters to. I enjoy his short stories a lot more.
Kings best stuff, like a lot of authors, came early. Salems Lot, The Shining and The Stand are all great.
For you history buffs out there check out Pobert Pane's (sp?) The Dream and the Tomb. It's a history of the first crusade. Pane has a knack for making history entertaining and the subject of the First Crusade is so fascinating and at times preposterous you'll think you're reading a parody. If you can't find it anything by Pane is good especially his Hitler biography.